System and method for improving the accuracy of time of arrival measurements in a wireless ad-hoc communications network
A system and method for improved Time Of Arrival (TOA) distance measurements between nodes of a wireless ad-hoc network. Specifically, the present invention is a system and method of distance estimation using square-root raised-cosine pulse shaping and chip matched filters on direct sequence spreading waveforms, the multiplication of which produces raised-cosine filtered pulse responses. The responses are used to identify a time when a function is at a maximum, corresponding to the actual signal reception time. The system and method produces a raised-cosine filtered pulse response and an auto-correlation function based on a received signal. A peak value of the auto-correlation function is calculated based on a quadratic approximation, which is corrected using a signal sampling phase offset detected between the raised-cosine filtered pulse response and the calculated peak value. The calculated peak value is then corrected to represent an actual reception time for received signals.
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This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/385,562 entitled “A System And Method For Improving The Accuracy Of Time Of Arrival Measurements In A Wireless Ad-Hoc Communications Network”, filed Jun. 5, 2002, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a system and method for improving Time Of Arrival (TOA) distance measurements between nodes of a wireless ad-hoc network. Specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for performing distance estimation using square-root raised cosine pulse shaping and chip matched filters on direct sequence spreading waveforms, the multiplication of which produces a raised cosine filtered pulse response. The response is used to identify a time when a function is at a maximum, corresponding to the actual signal reception time.
2. Description of the Related Art
Wireless communication networks, such as mobile wireless telephone networks, have become increasingly prevalent over the past decade. These wireless communications networks are commonly referred to as “cellular networks”, because the network infrastructure is arranged to divide the service area into a plurality of regions called “cells”. A terrestrial cellular network includes a plurality of interconnected base stations, or base nodes, that are distributed geographically at designated locations throughout the service area. Each base node includes one or more transceivers that are capable of transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals, such as radio frequency (RF) communications signals, to and from mobile user nodes, such as wireless telephones, located within the coverage area. The communications signals include, for example, voice data that has been modulated according to a desired modulation technique and transmitted as data packets. As can be appreciated by one skilled in the art, network nodes transmit and receive data packet communications in a multiplexed format, such as time-division multiple access (TDMA) format, code-division multiple access (CDMA) format, or frequency-division multiple access (FDMA) format, which enables a single transceiver at the base node to communicate simultaneously with several mobile nodes in its coverage area.
In recent years, a type of mobile communications network known as an “ad-hoc” network has been developed for use by the military. In this type of network, each mobile node is capable of operating as a base station or router for the other mobile nodes, thus eliminating the need for a fixed infrastructure of base stations. Details of an ad-hoc network are set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 5,943,322 to Mayor, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
More sophisticated ad-hoc networks are also being developed which, in addition to enabling mobile nodes to communicate with each other as in a conventional ad-hoc network, further enable the mobile nodes to access a fixed network and thus communicate with other mobile nodes, such as those on the public switched telephone network (PSTN), and on other networks such as the Internet. Details of these advanced types of ad-hoc networks are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/897,790 entitled “Ad Hoc Peer-to-Peer Mobile Radio Access System Interfaced to the PSTN and Cellular Networks”, filed on Jun. 29, 2001, in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/815,157 entitled “Time Division Protocol for an Ad-Hoc, Peer-to-Peer Radio Network Having Coordinating Channel Access to Shared Parallel Data Channels with Separate Reservation Channel”, filed on Mar. 22, 2001, and in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/815,164 entitled “Prioritized-Routing for an Ad-Hoc, Peer-to-Peer, Mobile Radio Access System”, filed on Mar. 22, 2001, the entire content of each being incorporated herein by reference.
The mobile nodes of such networks may assume any number of random positions within the network, making exact node location determinations difficult when needed. For computing node geographical coordinates in such ad-hoc wireless networks, algorithms in use at individual nodes in typical networks use the “Time Of Arrival” (TOA) measurement technique. As can be appreciated by one skilled in the art, a TOA measurement provides the distance between mobile nodes for computing a mobile node position. The measurements are based upon signal propagation times, specifically the time a signal needs for traveling between transceivers of a target node and a reference node.
Time Of Arrival (TOA) measurements provide an estimate of the distance between two transceivers, or nodes. In order to perform high precision computations for mobile node location services, it is necessary to measure the distance between two transceivers with a high degree of precision. One technique used to estimate the distance between two transceivers is based on the computation of the auto-correlation function of a spreading sequence, and only yields a precision of ±0.5 Tc (where Tc is the chip rate) or ±4.68 meters (for a chip rate of 32 Mcps).
Profile estimations may also be achieved using a quadratic function. For instance, the multipath profile of a radio frequency (RF) signal can be approximated using a quadratic function and multiple signal measurements. As described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,269,075 to Tran, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference, the peak of the quadratic function, corresponding to the multipath with the peak signal strength, can be found through a simple derivation. However, as further detailed in the Tran Patent, non-quadratic shapes can require a correction curve derived from actual profile information, from which an estimated timing offset can be calculated. However, Tran fails to disclose that the multipath profile of the RF signal is related to the pulse-shaping filters used in the transceiver, and that this property can be used to determine the actual correction to apply.
Accordingly, a need exists for a system and method to provide an accurate estimate of a signal time of arrival and timing offset correction for non-quadratic signal profiles using pulse-shaping filter outputs in order to perform high precision computations for mobile unit location services.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAn object of the present invention is to provide a system and method to improve the accuracy of TOA measurements in an ad-hoc communications network.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method to apply a square-root raised-cosine pulse shaping and chip matched filter to a direct sequence spreading waveform to produce a raised-cosine filtered pulse response.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method to calculate an auto-correlation function based on raised-cosine filtered pulse responses and calculating a peak value using a quadratic approximation technique.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method to calculate a sampling phase offset to allow correction of a peak value representing the peak value for the generated raised-cosine filtered pulse response.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method to correct the peak value determined to represent actual signal reception time for use in improved TOA measurements.
These and other objects are substantially achieved by a system and method for improved Time Of Arrival (TOA) distance measurements between nodes of a wireless ad-hoc network. The present system and method establishes highly accurate distance estimations using square-root raised-cosine pulse shaping and chip matched filters on direct sequence spreading waveforms, the multiplication of which produces raised-cosine filtered pulse responses. The responses are used to identify a time when a function is at a maximum, corresponding to the actual signal reception time.
The system and method produces a raised-cosine filtered pulse response and an auto-correlation function based on a received signal. A peak value of the auto-correlation function is calculated based on a quadratic approximation, which is corrected using a signal sampling phase offset detected between the raised-cosine filtered pulse response and the calculated peak value. The calculated peak value is then corrected to represent an actual reception time for received signals for use in accurate distance estimations for signal propagation.
These and other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will be more readily appreciated from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
As can be appreciated by one skilled in the art, the nodes 102, 106 and 107 are capable of communicating with each other directly, or via one or more other nodes 102, 106 or 107 operating as a router or routers for packets being sent between nodes, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,943,322 to Mayor, and in U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 09/897,790, 09/815,157 and 09/815,164, referenced above.
As shown in
Each node 102, 106 and 107 further includes a memory 114, such as a random access memory (RAM), that is capable of storing, among other things, routing information pertaining to itself and other nodes in the network 100. The nodes 102, 106 and 107 periodically exchange their respective routing information, referred to as routing advertisements or routing table information, with each other via a broadcasting mechanism, for example, when a new node enters the network 100, or when existing nodes in the network 100 move.
As further shown in
As stated earlier, mobile nodes 102 of such networks may assume any number of random positions within the network, making exact node location determinations difficult when needed. In order for nodes 102, 106 and 107 to ascertain each others locations, a Time Of Arrival measurement can be used to provide an estimate of the distance between the two transceivers of a first and second node. In order to perform high precision computations for mobile node location services, it is necessary to measure the distance between the two transceivers with a high degree of precision. The embodiment of the present invention described below uses three values of a raised-cosine-filtered pulse response to identify the time when a function is at it's maximum by determining the autocorrelation peak location with subchip resolution. The calculated time value corresponds to the actual reception time and can be estimated with a high degree of precision.
The embodiment of the present invention uses a square-root raised-cosine pulse shaping and chip matched filter on the direct sequence spreading waveform, the multiplication of which, results in a raised cosine filtered pulse response. Using three values of the raised-cosine-filtered pulse response, the time when the function is at it's maximum value can be calculated by determining the auto-correlation peak location with subchip resolution. This time corresponds to the actual reception time and can be estimated with a high degree of precision, which can then be used to determine the distance between the receiving node and transmitting node. As described below, the receiving node 102, 106 or 107 can use this information, along with additional measurements to determine the location of the transmitting node 102, 106 or 107. Also, as can be appreciated by one skilled in the art, the calculations described below can be performed by the controller 112 of the receiving node 102, 106 or 107, or by any other suitable component.
The embodiment of the present invention described below can be used to determine the sampling phase offset in a communication system such as shown in
where, in this example, TC is the chip period of 31.25 ns (chip rate=32 Mcps) and α is the alpha filter parameter equal to 0.23.
Once the raised-cosine-filtered pulse response is determined, a quadratic approximation of the function, shown as plot 122 in graph 118 in
Y=A(t2)+B(t)+C (2)
The peak of the quadratic form defined by three equidistant points on the plot is presented in equation (3):
where y0, y+ and y− are three successive values generated by the autocorrelation function when receiving three consecutive chips. The values are selected such that y0>y+ and y0>y−.
The time when the chip generates value y0 is considered the Time Of Arrival with the resolution of one chip (32.125 ns). For identifying the moment within that chip when the autocorrelation function has it's maximum value, three values are used for computing the coefficients A, B, and C of the parabolic function presented in equation (2). The maximum value of the parabolic function is at time −½ B/A, when a function derivative is zero. The equation (3) is obtained by replacing A and B in equation (2) with the corresponding expressions using y0, y+ and y−. The value of δ so computed is the difference between the time when the middle of the chip that provided y0 was received and the time when the parabolic function has it's maximum. It is then a fraction of the chip duration of 32.125 ns and is applied as a correction to the Time Of Arrival.
Graph 124 of
Returning to
The sampling phase offset that is determined by equation (4) is used to measure time-of-flight measurement with significantly better accuracy:
δ′=δ(1.5694−1.1449|δ|) (4)
wherein δ represents the peak offset of the quadratic approximation, and δ′ represents the extra offset required to bring δ to the actual peak value due to the square-root raised cosine pulse shaping function being slightly off the approximation. The value of δ is an approximation of the peak, while δ′ is an improvement compensating for the systematic error. The coefficients of this correction are empirically computed to minimize the error on peak determination.
As noted above, time-of-flight, or signal propagation time between mobile nodes 102, may be used for computing the mobile node position using Time Of Arrival techniques. The measurement accuracy is improved significantly using the embodiment described above. For example, if the propagation of an electromagnetic waveform at a signaling rate of 32 Mcps is considered, every half-chip error in timing measurement yields an error of about 5 meters in the estimation of the distance between two transceivers, notwithstanding errors associated with signal corruption. By estimating the chip-delay from equation (3), and applying the correction value of equation (4) in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention, an error value may be computed and illustrated in a simulation shown in
As known to those skilled in the art, approximately 70% of the population of plot 140 falls between μ+/−1σ, and approximately 99% of the population of plot 140 falls between μ+/−2σ. Therefore, graph 138 shows that 70% of measurements were affected by errors smaller than 0.5 meters, and 99% of measurements were affected by errors smaller than 1.0 meters.
Plot 142 represents the normal cumulative distribution function of the plot 142. The function defines the probability the error is less than or equal to some value “x”. As shown in graph 138, no measurement was more than +/−1.5 meters away from the correct value.
Although only a few exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that many modifications are possible in the exemplary embodiments without materially departing from the novel teachings and advantages of this invention. Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this invention as defined.
Claims
1. A method to determine signal propagation time between nodes in an ad-hoc communications network, said nodes being adapted to transmit and receive signals to and from other nodes in said ad-hoc network, the method comprising:
- controlling a first node of said plurality to receive at least one signal communicated from a second node, and to calculate a response based on said signal;
- controlling said first node to calculate an auto-correlation function of said response, and to calculate an approximate peak value of a quadratic approximation based on said auto-correlation function;
- controlling said first node to determine a signal sampling phase offset between said response and said approximate peak value and in response, to calculate an actual peak value of said response; and
- controlling said first node to calculate an actual reception time for said at least one signal at said first node based on said actual peak value, and to determine, based on said actual reception time, a signal propagation time.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
- controlling said first node to calculate said response based on an application of a square-root raised-cosine pulse shaping and chip-matched filter on a direct sequence spreading waveform of said signal to produce at least one square-root raised cosine function.
3. A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein:
- said response comprises a superposed multiplication of each said square-root raised cosine function.
4. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: controlling said first node to calculate said auto-correlation function of said response wherein said auto-correlation function is based on the following equation: p RC ( t ) = [ cos ( πα [ t 2 T c ] ) ( 1 - [ 2 α ( t 2 T c ) ] 2 ) sin ( π ( t 2 T c ) ) ( π ( t 2 T c ) ) ] 2 wherein Tc is a chip period value and α is an alpha filter parameter.
5. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
- controlling said first node to calculate said approximate peak value of said quadratic approximation wherein said quadratic approximation is based on the following equation: Y=A(t2)+B(t)+C.
6. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: δ = - 1 2 ( y + - y - y + + y - - 2 y 0 ) wherein y−, y+ and Y0 are a first, second and third equidistant point located on said quadratic approximation.
- controlling said first node to calculate said approximate peak value of said quadratic approximation wherein said approximate peak value is based on the following equation:
7. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: wherein δ is said approximate peak value of said quadratic approximation, and δ′ is said sampling phase offset; and
- controlling said first node to calculate said sampling phase offset wherein said sampling phase offset is based on the following equation: δ′=δ(a−b|δ|)
- controlling said first node to calculate said actual peak value of response based on said approximate peak value and said sampling phase offset.
8. A system to determine signal propagation time between nodes in an ad-hoc communications network, said nodes being adapted to transmit and receive signals to and from other nodes in said ad-hoc network, the system comprising:
- a controller, adapted to control a first node of said plurality to receive at least one signal communicated from a second node, and to calculate a response based on said signal;
- said controller being further adapted to control said first node to calculate an auto-correlation function of said response, and to calculate an approximate peak value of a quadratic approximation based on said auto-correlation function;
- said controller being further adapted to control said first node to determine a signal sampling phase offset between said response and said approximate peak value and in response, to calculate an actual peak value of said response; and
- said controller being further adapted to control said first node to calculate an actual reception time for said at least one signal at said first node based on said actual peak value, and to determine, based on said actual reception time, a signal propagation time.
9. A system as claimed in claim 8, wherein: said controller is adapted to control said first node to calculate said response based on an application of a square-root raised-cosine pulse shaping and chip-matched filter on a direct sequence spreading waveform of said signal to produce at least one square-root raised cosine function.
10. A system as claimed in claim 9, wherein:
- said response comprises a superposed multiplication of each said square-root raised cosine function.
11. A system as claimed in claim 8, wherein: p RC ( t ) = [ cos ( πα [ t 2 T c ] ) ( 1 - [ 2 α ( t 2 T c ) ] 2 ) sin ( π ( t 2 T c ) ) ( π ( t 2 T c ) ) ] 2 wherein Tc is a chip period value and α is an alpha filter parameter.
- said controller is adapted to control said first node to calculate said auto-correlation function of said response wherein said auto-correlation function is based on the following equation:
12. A system as claimed in claim 8, wherein:
- said controller is adapted to control said first node to calculate said approximate peak value of said quadratic approximation wherein said quadratic approximation is based on the following equation: Y=A(t2)+B(t)+C.
13. A system as claimed in claim 8, wherein: δ = - 1 2 ( y + - y - y + + y - - 2 y 0 ) wherein y−, y+ and y0 are a first, second and third equidistant point located on said quadratic approximation.
- said controller is adapted to control said first node to calculate said approximate peak value of said quadratic approximation wherein said approximate peak value is based on the following equation:
14. A system as claimed in claim 8, wherein: wherein δ is said approximate peak value of said quadratic approximation, and δ′ is said sampling phase offset; and
- said controller is adapted to control said first node to calculate said sampling phase offset wherein said sampling phase offset is based on the following equation: δ′=δ(a−b|δ|)
- controlling said first node to calculate said actual peak value of said response based on said approximate peak value and said sampling phase offset.
15. A computer-readable medium of instructions, adapted to determine signal propagation time between nodes in an ad-hoc communications network, said nodes being adapted to transmit and receive signals to and from other nodes in said ad-hoc network, comprising:
- a first set of instructions, adapted to control a first node of said plurality to receive at least one signal communicated from a second node, and to calculate a response based on said signal;
- a second set of instructions, adapted to control said first node to calculate an auto-correlation function of said response, and to calculate an approximate peak value of a quadratic approximation based on said auto-correlation function;
- a third set of instructions, adapted to control said first node to determine a signal sampling phase offset between said response and said approximate peak value and in response, to calculate an actual peak value of response; and
- a fourth set of instructions, adapted to control said first node to calculate an actual reception time for said at least one signal at said first node based on said actual peak value, and to determine a signal propagation time based on said actual reception time.
16. A computer-readable medium of instructions as claimed in claim 15, wherein:
- said first set of instructions is adapted to control said first node to calculate said response based on an application of a square-root raised-cosine pulse shaping and chip-matched filter on a direct sequence spreading waveform of said signal to produce at least one square-root raised cosine function.
17. A computer-readable medium of instructions as claimed in claim 16, wherein:
- said response comprises a superposed multiplication of each said square-root raised cosine function.
18. A computer-readable medium of instructions as claimed in claim 15, wherein: p RC ( t ) = [ cos ( πα [ t 2 T c ] ) ( 1 - [ 2 α ( t 2 T c ) ] 2 ) sin ( π ( t 2 T c ) ) ( π ( t 2 T c ) ) ] 2 wherein Tc is a chip period value and α is an alpha filter parameter.
- said second set of instructions is adapted to control said first node to calculate said auto-correlation function of said response wherein said auto-correlation function is based on the following equation:
19. A computer-readable medium of instructions as claimed in claim 15, wherein:
- said second set of instructions is adapted to control said first node to calculate said approximate peak value of said quadratic approximation wherein said quadratic approximation is based on the following equation: Y=A(t2)+B(t)+C.
20. A computer-readable medium of instructions as claimed in claim 15, wherein: δ = - 1 2 ( y + - y - y + + y - - 2 y 0 ) wherein y−, y+and Y0 are a first, second and third equidistant point located on said quadratic approximation.
- said second set of instructions is adapted to control said first node to calculate said approximate peak value of said quadratic approximation wherein said approximate peak value is based on the following equation:
21. A computer-readable medium of instructions as claimed in claim 15, wherein: wherein δ is said approximate peak value of said quadratic approximation, and δ′ is said sampling phase offset; and
- said third set of instructions is adapted to control said first node to calculate said sampling phase offset wherein said sampling phase offset is based on the following equation: δ′=δ(a−b|δ|)
- said third set of instructions being further adapted to control said first node to calculate said actual peak value of said response based on said approximate peak value and said sampling phase offset.
22. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said response is a raised-cosine filtered pulse response.
23. A system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said response is a raised-cosine filtered pulse response.
24. A computer-readable medium of instructions as claimed in claim 15, wherein said response is a raised-cosine filtered pulse response.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 26, 2002
Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
Patent Publication Number: 20030227895
Assignee: MeshNetworks, Inc. (Maitland, FL)
Inventors: Guenael Strutt (Sanford, FL), John M. Belcea (West Melbourne, FL)
Primary Examiner: Stephen W. Jackson
Attorney: Randi L. Karpinia
Application Number: 10/303,842
International Classification: H02H 9/00 (20060101);